{"id":76985,"date":"2025-09-03T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=76985"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:08:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:08:38","slug":"sec-week-2-betting-lines-not-good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/09\/03\/sec-week-2-betting-lines-not-good-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Week 2 Betting Lines: Not Good Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuscaloosa, we have a problem. No, we don&#8217;t think ULM will have history repeat itself, and the War Hawks will knock off the Tide for the 2nd time in 18 years. 4-2. We&#8217;ll get to the SEC Week 2 Betting lines in a moment. We need to talk about 4-2. That&#8217;s the SEC&#8217;s record against the other P4 conferences. It was the best record amongst the four.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SEC: 4-2<\/li>\n<li>B1G 2-1<\/li>\n<li>ACC: 2-4<\/li>\n<li>B12: 2-3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ACC and Big 12 had losing records. Heck, we could even poke fun at the B1G for losing to a G6 team. But then again, Tulane looks pretty good this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/29\/ole-miss-vs-georgia-state-can-rebels-open-season-fast\/\" target=\"_self\">Ole Miss<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/07\/15\/ole-miss-head-coach-lane-kiffin-at-2025-sec-media-days\/\" target=\"_self\">Lane Kiffin<\/a>, we are sure, were watching closely. It is the two losses, though, that should draw the SEC&#8217;s ire.<\/p>\n<h3>Two is Greater than Four<\/h3>\n<p>Before we start popping champagne bottles, we need to look at the two. Those stunk and meant a lot more than the four. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/30\/the-ohio-state-defense-dominates-texas\/\" target=\"_self\">Texas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/31\/76959-college-football-summary-is-overreaction-sunday\/\" target=\"_self\">Alabama<\/a> both lost their opening road contests. Sure, Texas competed and held Ohio State to just over 200 yards. Two drives stalling inside the Buckeyes&#8217; 10-yard line and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/arch-manning-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arch Manning<\/a> looking less than <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/27\/week-o-heisman-poll\/\" target=\"_self\">Heisman-worthy<\/a> were the problems. Ohio State is the defending national champion, but these are the games that the SEC and Texas have to win. That is the difference between Indiana and Alabama getting into the playoffs. Speaking of Alabama&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>What was that in Tallahassee? The Tide let a quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/24\/sec-week-1-betting-lines-end-the-drought\/\" target=\"_self\">talk trash<\/a> about them in the offseason and then had no answer when a 2-10 team continually punched them in the face. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/07\/17\/kalen-deboer-at-2025-sec-media-days\/\" target=\"_self\">Kalen DeBoer<\/a> is a good coach, but let&#8217;s face it, it has been a rough start. DeBoer now has as many unranked losses (4) in his first 14 games as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/05\/09\/nick-saban-leads-a-new-presidential-committee-but-why\/\" target=\"_self\">Nick Saban<\/a> did in 235 games. It&#8217;s not good enough. It is not the standard or the expectation at Alabama or in the SEC.<\/div>\n<p>So, save the banner waving for wins against Baylor (Auburn), Syracuse (Tennessee), <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/31\/clemson-falls-short-in-season-opener\/\" target=\"_self\">Clemson<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/31\/lsu-win-at-clemson-answers-pressing-questions\/\" target=\"_self\">LSU<\/a>), and Virginia Tech (South Carolina. To be fair, Clemson was big and finally got the monkey and 0-5 record off of LSU&#8217;s back. But it&#8217;s just not enough. If the SEC is going to reclaim its position at the top of college football, it will need more signature wins.<\/p>\n<p>The showdown in Norman will be a perfect opportunity to do so on Saturday night, highlighting our Week 2 SEC Betting lines.<\/p>\n<h2>Week 2 SEC Betting Lines:<\/h2>\n<h3>FanDuel Week 2 SEC Betting Lines<\/h3>\n<div>All of the Week SEC action takes place on Saturday. Most of these games are second-screen viewing. The game in Norman and Starkville can help the conference bounce back after a shaky <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/24\/sec-week-1-betting-lines-end-the-drought\/\" target=\"_self\">Week 1<\/a> performance. Rankings are based on the AP media poll. Lines and game totals are courtesy of FanDuel. All games are Eastern Standard Time. Check the links for insights from your favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on College Football<\/a> writers. After the lines, we\u2019ll take a big picture look and predict the five biggest SEC Week 1 matchups on the weekend.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Picks last week:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week 1: 1-4<\/li>\n<li>YTD: 1-4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table dir=\"ltr\" style=\"height: 459px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"847\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-baot=\"1\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"197\" \/>\n<col width=\"100\" \/>\n<col width=\"100\" \/>\n<col width=\"100\" \/>\n<col width=\"100\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Matchup<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Channel<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Line<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>San Jose St. @ No. 7 Texas<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>Noon<\/td>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>#HookEm -36.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Utah State @ No. 19 Texas A&amp;M<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>12:45 PM<\/td>\n<td>SECN<\/td>\n<td>#GigEm -29.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Austin Peay @ No. 4 Georgia<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>3:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>SECN+<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No. 20 Ole Miss @ Kentucky<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>3:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>#TheSip -10.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ETSU @ No. 22 Tennessee<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>3:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>SECN+<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kansas @ Missouri<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>3:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>ESPN 2<\/td>\n<td>#MIZ -6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Florida @ No. 13 Florida<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>4:15 PM<\/td>\n<td>SECN<\/td>\n<td>#GoGators -17.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arkansas State vs. Arkansas<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>5:00 PM<\/td>\n<td>SECN+<\/td>\n<td>#WooPig -23.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SC State @ No. 10 South Carolina<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>7:00 PM<\/td>\n<td>SECN+<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Louisiana Tech @ No. 3 LSU<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>7:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>SECN+<\/td>\n<td>#GeauxTigers -37.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No. 12 Arizona State @ Mississippi State<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>7:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>ESPN 2<\/td>\n<td>#ForksUp -6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No. 15 Michigan @ No. 18 Oklahoma<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>7:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>#BoomerSooner -5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ball State @ Auburn<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>7:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>ESPNU<\/td>\n<td>#WDE -43.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vanderbilt @ Virginia Tech<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>7:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>ACCN<\/td>\n<td>#Hokies -1.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UL Monroe @ No. 21 Alabama<\/td>\n<td>Sept. 6<\/td>\n<td>7:45 PM<\/td>\n<td>SECN<\/td>\n<td>#RollTide -37.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>No. 20 Ole Miss @ Kentucky<\/h3>\n<p>Kiffin has brought the party from The Grove into The Vaught. Ole Miss has won three double-digit wins in the last four years. Kiffin has leveraged the NIL and Transfer Portal to transform the Rebels from a middle-of-the-pack team to one of the strongest in the SEC. If there is one knock against Kiffin and the Rebels, it is complacency. Sometimes they tend to lose or give away games that they have no business losing. That was true last year against Kentucky in Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>A late <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/barion-brown-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barion Brown<\/a> reception on fourth down extended a drive late in the fourth quarter that the Wildcats would eventually score on. The loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/09\/28\/kentucky-upsets-ole-miss-20-17\/\" target=\"_self\">Kentucky<\/a>, combined with losses at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2020\/09\/29\/three-takeaways-from-florida-ole-miss-game\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/10\/13\/lsu-overcomes-slow-start-to-beat-ole-miss-in-overtime\/\" target=\"_self\">LSU<\/a>, cost Ole Miss a playoff spot. Ole Miss came out firing on Saturday and scored 63 points against lowly Georgia State. Kentucky put everything into making sure <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/30\/kentucky-thwarts-toledos-upset-bid-24-16\/\" target=\"_self\">Toledo<\/a> didn&#8217;t knock off an SEC team for the second year in a row on the road. Look for Kiffin and the Rebels to make a big statement at Kroger Field on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick: <\/strong>Ole Miss<\/p>\n<h3>Kansas @ Missouri<\/h3>\n<p>The Border War is a thing again! This is a close series. Mizzou leads the all-time series 57-54-9. But this is also a series that was killed by conference realignment. The Tigers and Jayhawks last met in 2011. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/beau-pribula-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Pribula<\/a> is now QB1 in Columbia, as <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/sam-horn-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Horn<\/a> is now out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. The Penn State transfer looked good in Week 1 action, completing 19 of 23 passes for 204 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also rushed for another touchdown. The Jayhawks come in 2-0 against less-than-stellar competition. This one should be a lot of fun and have some eyeballs glued to the outcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick:<\/strong> Missouri<\/p>\n<h3>South Florida @ No. 13 Florida<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2023\/07\/29\/billy-napier-at-sec-media-days-2023\/\" target=\"_self\">Billy Napier&#8217;s<\/a> month just got a lot harder. They face a four-game stretch starting next week against LSU, Miami (FL), Texas, and Texas A&amp;M. This week&#8217;s game against the Bulls was intended to be another warm-up to ensure that <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/dj-lagway-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Lagway<\/a> was healthy and the Gators were ready to build on a strong finish to the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s game got a lot more interesting when South Florida took it to Boise State last week in Tampa and knocked off the G6 at-large favorite. Alex Golesh has had a slow build in Tampa and finally seems to have all of the pieces together to challenge their big brothers in Gainesville. If Florida has turned the corner from its first two years under Napier, a convincing win Saturday evening will be just what the doctor ordered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick:<\/strong> Florida<\/p>\n<h3>No. 12 Arizona State @ Mississippi State<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/03\/25\/the-jeff-lebby-era-begins-at-state\/\" target=\"_self\">Jeff Lebby<\/a> and the Cowbells were clanging last week as the Bulldogs took care of business in Hattiesburg. It&#8217;s not often an SEC team should feel good about winning on the road against a Sun Belt team, but there hasn&#8217;t been much to cheer about in Stark Vegas as of late. Lebby and the Bulldogs will have their hands full this weekend against the defending Big 12 Champions. This game will serve as a crucial measuring stick to gauge just how far Lebby has closed the gap and what competitiveness will look like for Hail State in 2025. Expect lots of points and a high-scoring affair in this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick:<\/strong> Arizona State<\/p>\n<h3>No. 15 Michigan @ No. 18 Oklahoma<\/h3>\n<div>The SEC needs the Sooners to win on Saturday night. Brent Venables needs Oklahoma to win on Saturday night. It is just that simple. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/08\/31\/michigan-vs-new-mexico-2025-recap\/\" target=\"_self\">Michigan<\/a> is a name and one of the premier B1G brands. It doesn&#8217;t matter that they are starting a freshman quarterback or looked less than dominant against New Mexico to open the season. To quote Brady Hoke, &#8220;This is Michigan, for God&#8217;s sake.&#8221; We know the Sooner defense will be ready; that is Veables&#8217; calling card.<\/div>\n<p>It is the offense that will need to show up. Venables brought in a new offensive coordinator, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/12\/02\/ben-arbuckle-officially-oklahomas-next-offensive-coordinator\/\" target=\"_self\">Ben Arbuckle<\/a>, and quarterback <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/john-mateer-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Mateer<\/a> to fix the lackluster Sooner offense. A win could be a shot of adrenaline for this program, and nine or ten wins and a CFB Playoff appearance enter the conversation. A loss brings more questions and a hotter seat. Norman is a tough place to play at night, ask <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/11\/21\/alabama-vs-oklahoma-a-riser-and-a-faller\/\" target=\"_self\">Alabama<\/a>. It probably won&#8217;t be fun for a true-freshman quarterback either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick:<\/strong> Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuscaloosa, we have a problem. No, we don&#8217;t think ULM will have history repeat itself, and the War Hawks will knock off the Tide for the 2nd time in 18 years. 4-2. We&#8217;ll get to the SEC Week 2 Betting lines in a moment. We need to talk about 4-2. 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